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When sliding into third base, Brett’s momentum carried him into the Yankees’ Graig Nettles. *José Ramírez’s KO of Tim Anderson is an exception. That irked Nettles, who kicked Brett in the ...
George Brett watched the Kansas City Royals prepare to face the New York Yankees and remembered the combustible clashes of the 1970s. Brett slid late into Graig Nettles in 1977's Game 5 of the ...
In Nettles' autobiography Balls, Nettles claims that he actually informed Martin of the pine tar rule, as Nettles had previously undergone the same scrutiny with his own bat while with the Twins. With Brett watching from the dugout, McClelland and the rest of the umpiring crew, Drew Coble , Joe Brinkman , and Nick Bremigan , inspected the bat.
While he’s never spoken with Graig Nettles in the nearly 50 years since Nettles kicked him in the face and Brett slugged him to ignite a brawl in Game 5 of the 1977 American League Championship ...
Brett slid late into Graig Nettles in 1977's Game 5 of the best-of-five AL Championship Series, catching the third baseman on the face with an arm. Nettles kicked Brett in the teeth. Brett threw a punch as benches and bullpens emptied.
Graig Nettles (born August 20, 1944), nicknamed "Puff", is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman.During a 22-year baseball career, he played for the Minnesota Twins (1967–1969), Cleveland Indians (1970–1972), New York Yankees (1973–1983), San Diego Padres (1984–1986), Atlanta Braves (1987), and Montreal Expos (1988).
George Howard Brett ... then was kicked in the head by Graig Nettles, after which Brett stood and threw a ... and Craig Biggio). [34] Brett was an highly effective ...
The Royals struck for a pair in the first when Hal McRae singled and George Brett tripled him in. Brett slid hard into Graig Nettles at third and Nettles responded by kicking Brett, which started a bench-clearing brawl. Yankees' starting pitcher Ron Guidry rushed in to defend Nettles. After order was restored, Al Cowens drove in Brett with a ...